Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Peru city GEOCODE:18-2035 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,764 100.0% 12,843 100.0% -921 -6.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,994 87.1% 10,609 82.6% -1,385 -11.5 -4.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 193 1.4% 254 2.0% 61 31.6 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 13,238 96.2% 12,018 93.6% -1,220 -9.2 -2.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 291 2.1% 406 3.2% 115 39.5 1.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 48 0.3% 34 0.3% -14 -29.2 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 157 1.1% 357 2.8% 200 127.4 1.6 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 55 0.4% 119 0.9% 64 116.4 0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,144 8.3% 978 7.6% -166 -14.5 -0.7 5-17.................. 2,919 21.2% 2,436 19.0% -483 -16.5 -2.2 18-24.................. 1,590 11.6% 1,198 9.3% -392 -24.7 -2.2 25-44.................. 3,432 24.9% 3,727 29.0% 295 8.6 4.1 45-64.................. 2,760 20.1% 2,437 19.0% -323 -11.7 -1.1 65 AND OVER............ 1,919 13.9% 2,067 16.1% 148 7.7 2.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,063 29.5% 3,414 26.6% -649 -16.0 -2.9 40 AND OVER............ 5,345 38.8% 5,307 41.3% -38 -0.7 2.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.1 33.9 2.7 8.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,352 $19,989 -5,363 -21.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,291 $23,769 -6,522 -21.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,774 $9,916 -858 -8.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,145 8.5% 2,077 16.6% 932 81.4 8.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,239 100.0% 5,225 100.0% -14 -0.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,746 71.5% 3,455 66.1% -291 -7.8 -5.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,080 39.7% 1,844 35.3% -236 -11.3 -4.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,114 59.4% 2,736 52.4% -378 -12.1 -7.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,683 32.1% 1,294 24.8% -389 -23.1 -7.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 548 10.5% 592 11.3% 44 8.0 0.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 333 6.4% 419 8.0% 86 25.8 1.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,422 27.1% 1,615 30.9% 193 13.6 3.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -7.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,111 100.0% 8,231 100.0% 120 1.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,591 44.3% 3,628 44.1% 37 1.0 -0.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 627 7.7% 593 7.2% -34 -5.4 -0.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,282 100.0% 5,888 100.0% -394 -6.3 FEMALE................ 2,834 45.1% 2,872 48.8% 38 1.3 3.7 EMPLOYED.............. 5,758 91.7% 5,322 90.4% -436 -7.6 -1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 963 15.3% 721 12.2% -242 -25.1 -3.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 747 11.9% 892 15.1% 145 19.4 3.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,659 100.0% 5,732 100.0% 73 1.3 OCCUPIED.............. 5,258 92.9% 5,213 90.9% -45 -0.9 -2.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,707 70.5% 3,596 69.0% -111 -3.0 -1.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $46,198 $35,892 -10,305 -22.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,551 29.5% 1,617 31.0% 66 4.3 1.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $287 $282 -5 -1.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,076 72.0% 3,869 67.5% -207 -5.1 -4.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 296 5.2% 573 10.0% 277 93.6 4.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1935.4 1939.0 3.6 0.2 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis